B M Shah College & ICMR to organise national seminar on quality control and herbal drug development

B M Shah College of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Gujarat, will be organising a national seminar on quality control and regulatory deliberation of herbal drug development on February 4 at college auditorium. The seminar is sponsored by Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR).
The seminar is arranged for pharmacy teachers or PG students and for research scholars of pharmacy college and industry.
The seminar will focus on subjects like pharmacognostic study of drug, phytochemistry, pharmacological screening, medicinal plant biotechnology, standardization of herbal drugs or formulation resource persons. Eminent resource persons from academia and industry will deliver in-depth information in the scientific session.
Dr N M Patel, principal, B M Shah College of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Dr A A Patel, HOD and chief coordinator of the college, D D Prajapati, co-ordinator of the seminar along with the invited speakers who will be attending the seminar are experts in respective fields of quality control and herbal drug development.
WHO still prefers herbal formulations as its major source of medication. Presently the people are searching for safer remedies from nature because the use of synthetic drugs has resulted in higher incidence of adverse drug reaction, and there is a need to have effective regulation, regulatory set up and screening process so that patients should get only standard, safe, efficacious herbal formulations.
The lack of quality control of herbs and formulations is a major problem, which affects the efficacy and reproducibility of final products. Scientifically validated and technological standardized herbal medicine can definitely play an important role in advancement of health care. There is need to ensure the quality of medicinal plants products by using modern quality control techniques and applying suitable standards.
The focus on the most critical aspects of quality control and regulatory deliberation of herbal drug development will definitely provide a platform for interaction between students, researchers and academicians.
Source:Phramabiz